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Answering the cry for freedom : stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

Call Number

  • 973.3 W842 TEEN (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2016]

Physical Description

239 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Audience

Ages 9-12.

Summary

This book provides the chance for young readers to learn about the death-defying attempts of black Americans to gain the inalienable rights promised in the Declaration of Independence.

Step into the shoes of thirteen men and women of color, and discover how the American Revolution rattled the chains of slavery. Woelfle examines the death-defying attempts of black Americans to gain the inalienable rights promised in the Declaration of Independence. By doing so they expanded the boundaries of freedom beyond the Founding Fathers' intentions.

Contents

  • Boston King
  • Agrippa Hull
  • James Armistead Lafayette
  • Phillis Wheatley
  • Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman
  • Prince Hall
  • Mary Perth
  • Ona Judge
  • Sally Hemings
  • Paul Cuffe
  • John Kizell
  • Richard Allen
  • Jarena Lee.

Added Authors

R Gregory Christie

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